I've been actually selected & served 4 times in the past 15 years
I get a notice every few months,
when I was selected mostly petty theft BS,
usually some tweaker,
usually sadly "some 'old tweaker'/lifer petty criminal"
(if you are an active & registered voter here, you will get a notice far more often,
than will actually have to even show up)
I live in a huge rural county with 'only about 50k people total',
many are older folks/retired
(majority are not even in the selection pool, but are still active conservative voters)
a big contingent of older & self-employed/business owner
are most of the people live & work here, that get selected
the pool for Jury candidates, you can say 'is small'...
I get mailed or summoned/a jury notice's, probably every few/4 months
unless I've served in the past 2 years IIRC
(life of being youngish, not so much now @ 63, in a small rural community)
but;
I rarely ever have to show up, call then & check on a certain date
& check-in, it's like a day before actual Jury selection, would be...
Court Call, after 5:00pm to a 'Recording', it usually says;
"we don't need you at this time"...
It's a/my civic duty, as an active voter, to participate
in justice...
I'm part of the system & I do it willingly when asked to...
I have rightly helped/convict & put away a few lowlife scumbags too
I think the DA & Judges all like me, an empty nester, clean cut & self-employed
(now retired) that wants justice
It's not a big community
I've had to show up like 10 times (?) & actually only selected 4 times
1/2 the time they don't even get to my name when selecting people for the jury
(alphabetically, my last name, I'm way at near the end)
I'll bet it's the same about 400+ people,
(I'd bet) like 75 or so at a time, have to show up
that get a summons & actually serve too...
I see a lot of the same folks when I go...
One of the times I was selected,
I was also an alternate for 'the Counties Civil Grand Jury' too,
which was extremely interesting, I was/am proud to serve...
It was 12 months, we met about every month,
we all got paid mileage & $15 a day, wahoo...
(I think it has been bumped up now)
I was on an interesting case with the local prison system, conditions & fixes
& me being involved in construction, I gave them a good opinion or perspective
better ways to do stuff & cost reduction, or the bidding process...
Lots of shysters out there bidding & most were companies/contractors/firms
mostly from back east, very few were local or even from Calif.
It's good to see how the system works...
Sometimes it's a good thing...
Sometimes it's a bit of a PITA...
Not that big of a deal...